On 2018-May-15, John McKown wrote: > I don't have any code for you, if that is what you are soliciting. I did > find a couple of informative web sites which help explain how international > phone numbers are formatted. These are known as E.164 numbers. Michael Glaesemann wrote a e.164 datatype years ago, which I later tweaked slightly: https://github.com/alvherre/e164 I don't know its status -- not sure if it even compiles. But it might be a useful as a starting point. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services